Current Affairs : 7 September 2016

Published on Wednesday, September 07, 2016

By NEHA KASHYAP

Ecologist Bibhuti Lahkar bags Heritage Heroes Award of IUCN

Ecologist and conservation from Assam Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar has won the People’s Choice award for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Heritage Heroes for his outstanding contribution toward protection of wildlife and ecology of Manas National Park.

He became the first Asian to win this prestigious environmental award.

Lahkar received the award at the IUCN’s ongoing World Conservation Congress in Honolulu,Hawaii.

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UK appoints ambassador to Iran for the first time since 2011

The United Kingdom (UK) has appointed an ambassador to Iran for the first time since 2011, as part of its aims for more productive co-operation.

Former British ambassador to Qatar and Yemen Nicholas Hopton will take up the role of ambassador.

The British embassy in Tehran was closed after it was stormed and ransacked by protesters in November 2011.

The embassy was reopened in August 2015 by then-British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and the two countries resumed ties on Charge d’Affaires level.

WHO certifies Sri Lanka as a malaria free nation

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Sri Lanka as a malaria-free nation.

Malaria is a life-threatening disease which long affected the island country.

According to WHO no locally transmitted cases of malaria have been recorded in the country for 3½ years.

WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health.

Meghalaya: Mother Teresa International Film Festival begins in Shillong

The first ever three-day Mother Teresa International Film Festival has been organized by the Sisters of Charity in collaboration with other religious congregations in Shillong.

The festival has begun with the screening of documentary film, “Mother Teresa and Me” by Director and Producer, Gautam Lewis of United Kingdom.

Ankasamudra to become a conservation reserve

The Karnataka State Wildlife Board chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has given its approval for declaring Ankasamudra Lake in Hagaribommanahalli taluk, Ballari district, a bird conservation reserve.

This will be the third bird sanctuary in the state after Puttenahalli and Ranganathittu.